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NOTE: Because of the Theme tie, we allowed everyone to pick either Theme. Using both was optional. To keep things simple, there will still only be one Theme category. Every category in Ludum Dare voting is an opinion, so you’re welcome to rate them as you see fit. But we encourage you to be fair in your scores to people that chose only one Theme, and not both.

ALSO: Itch.io has an experimental game downloader over here. You may find it useful.

Really liked the gameplay but the pacing is indeed a bit off. To win the game a lot of the lines repeated - perhaps you could use some semi-randomness or lower the amount of times I need to correctly answer to win. Also, while the cutscene is awesome, I'd often want to skip it to get to the next verdict.
Loved the game!

Really fun game. These fast yes/no decision games really have something about them. The artwork is great and I like the main character design. It got a bit repetitive after a while but had a fair amount of people to judge (I could sometimes play for about 10 minutes in a run without getting noticeable duplicates). The mechanics are fun and force you to think quick which was also supported by the catchy chiptune bgm. I only found the judging scenes to be a bit long since you see them over and over again. Overall a great game.

really fun game, funny too. Though I found myself only skimming the word bubbles because I didn't want to run out of time, but thats just how time based games are. the graphics were great and the music was fitting. Great game!

The graphics are so sweet I got diabetes, man I would love to pixelart/draw like that, the selection squence and music are so rad too. Also the humor is just right.
Overall its a game I would play on mobile while in the bus, really original!

The graphics are great and the inner monologues of the people on trial are hilarious. I only had one person turn up innocent XD. I think you could stand to ramp up the tension a little bit by cutting back on the amount of time to give the verdict, but overall this was great.

Not sure I understood the logic behind who was guilty and who wasn't. Some folk seemed to be considered guilty just because they were acting defensively.
Apart from that, the actual concept was fantastic and the art was very nice. Although it might just have been me missing the point, I would be interested to see it further developed with a clearer direction in the guilty/not guilty system. :)

@Skruffye Just read through the list of culprits, I saw what you mean with 4 out of 71 culprits, they're too vague that they actually committed a crime or confessed. Thanks for bringing this up, and going to make sure to make it more clear in the post-jam version.

So good. Love the great anime-style art! I cracked up at many of the dialogs and dug that the different defendants had their own personalities. I made it to the end, and yes, the ending art was worth it ;) Nice job, guys!

The game I have rated the highest so far. This is awesome. I am a fan of Pheonix Wright. You should contact capcom and give them this as a mobile game. Or just publish it yourself. Maybe add some more variety, and some complexity, but overall it's one of the most fun games I have played.

Haha that was fun! Great entry, the twitter feed was a nice touch! I kept playing until it crashed. I played version 1 though so maybe you've got some bugs fixed already but here's the error message I got.
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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object obj_face:

I really enjoyed playing your game! The dialogue's humor was spot-on, and each verdict required much deliberation. The art style and overall mood you chose for the game really matched it well. My only criticism is that the time between choosing your verdict and receiving the actual verdict seemed a little bit too lengthy.

Neat little game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/yY4Ylj7ccuc

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